Tzohar

Chief Rabbinate Council disputes Tzohar kashrut approval hours after authorization

“The approval was granted unlawfully and did not go through the Chief Rabbinate Council as required,” Director General of the Ministry of Religious Services Yehuda Avidan said.

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window
A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window

Tzohar returns to High Court, seeks order compelling Rabbinate to license it as kosher certifier

People attend a Christmas tree lighting ceremony at the New Gate in Jerusalem’s Old City, on December 14, 2025.

One in four Israeli Jews celebrate or consider celebrating Christmas - poll

KASHRUT CERTIFICATION at a Jerusalem eatery – will the rabbinate’s monopoly be broken?

High Court orders Chief Rabbinate to decide on Tzohar’s kashrut license after year-long delay


Tzohar brings Jewish ethics to end-of-life care in Israel

A new Tzohar Rabbinical Organization initiative gives practical tools and support for individuals and families coping with the ethical and medical dilemmas that can come with illness and end of life.

 RABBI YUVAL CHERLOW is founder of the Tzohar Rabbinic Organization and director of the Tzohar Center for Jewish Ethics.

Tzohar Kashrut launches a radio campaign promoting their kosher brand

Tzohar CEO Yehuda Zeiderman: "This is the first commercial campaign of its kind in the Israeli kashrut world and it is possible because of the kashrut reform.”

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window

Israeli ‘Tzohar’ rabbis in talks to oversee kosher food at Qatar World Cup

Israel, FIFA and Qatar finalized an arrangement by which Israelis can attend the World Cup on Thursday.

 Rabbi Marc Schneier with H.E. Hassan Al Thawadi, Secretary-General of the Supreme Committee for Delivery and Legacy in Doha, Qatar.

Tzohar needs to be more honest about its wine kashrut certification - opinion

Tzohar has been more lenient in its wine kashrut certification than usually accepted but hasn't stated so on the bottles.

 Wines

Storm sparked as Tzohar rabbi recommended to head Conversion Authority

Rabbi Benayahu Brunner, a member of Tzohar and a judge in rabbinical courts, has been appointed to head the Conversion Authority.

 Rabbi Benayahu Brunner

Garin Harel wants to settle the Negev, what’s holding it up?

Garin Harel is a collective of 130 people who aim to establish an "alternative tourism-based Kibbutz" in the Negev desert.

 Garin Harel, a community of over 40 families working to settle the Negev.

Tzohar organization wins special recognition at Israel Cuisine Awards

The Tzohar organization is a collaborative of over 800 orthodox rabbis launched in 2018 with the aim of providing more modern kashrut certification.

A Tzohar kashrut sticker in a window

How do you deal with end-of-life issues?

Tzohar’s community service to help families

 The success of medicine has cast a shadow.

Tzohar humanizes Israeli judaism - opinion

Tzohar rabbis understand that every Jew’s mission includes cultivating Jewish unity.

 THEN-EDUCATION MINISTER Naftali Bennett and Rabbi David Stav at a Tzohar conference in Jerusalem in 2016.

Tzohar rabbi: No need to sleep in sukkah in mixed cities for fear of violence

Rabbi David Stav was asked the question by a resident of Lod in light of the recent spate of violence • Lod chief rabbi rules otherwise, says not safety concerns

This is Hamas’s victory image. Policemen stand near a burning police car during clashes with Arab rioters in the Arab-Jewish town of Lod this week.